Campos receives 2025 Celso and Matiana M. Cuéllar Sr. Scholarship

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation (TSHP R&E Foundation) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Celso and Matiana M. Cuéllar Sr. Scholarship is Adam Campos.

The Celso and Matiana M. Cuéllar Sr. Scholarship was established in 2002 by TSHP Past President (1999-2000) Lourdes M. Cuéllar in honor and memory of her parents. This scholarship was created to provide qualified students of Hispanic heritage with an opportunity to complete a pharmacy education. The goal of the Cuéllar Scholarship is to promote academic excellence and to afford an opportunity for a student with financial need to reach their fullest potential. Mr. and Mrs. Cuéllar grew up during the Great Depression and highly valued education. They saw education as a pathway toward personal fulfillment and contribution to society, and supported their three children in aspiring to rewarding professional careers. This mantra was also passed along to many other extended family members and children within their community in San Antonio, Texas. Lourdes fondly recalls that she, as well as her siblings were “carded” – i.e. received an I.D. card to the public library as soon as they could read. Preference will be given to students of Hispanic background; if there are no eligible Hispanic students, the scholarship is open to students of other minority heritage.

A $1,500 scholarship was awarded this year.

Adam Campos is a third-year pharmacy student at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from The University of Texas at El Paso before pursuing a career in pharmacy.

A dedicated leader and active member of the pharmacy community, Adam serves as President of Pharmacy Council, Worthy Keeper of Records and Seals for Phi Delta Chi, and is part of the AACP Aspiring Academics Program. He has also held leadership roles as Senior Co-Chair for the Prospective Student Interviews Committee and Secretary for the Hispanic Association of Pharmacists. Additionally, he plays a key role in student engagement and recruitment as a member of the Admissions Committee and a Texas Pharmacy Ambassador. Adam is also involved in the American Pharmacists Association, UT-Student Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, Phi Lambda Sigma, and Rho Chi.

Currently, Adam is a pharmacist intern at CVS Pharmacy and an Advanced Academic Assistant, assisting first-year pharmacy students as they develop foundational skills for their careers. In his fourth year, he will complete the Longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (LAPPE) Program at Houston Methodist Hospital, further refining his clinical expertise.

Adam aspires to pursue a Pharmacy Practice Residency specializing in Oncology or Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership, with the goal of becoming a board-certified clinical pharmacist and ultimately entering pharmacy academia. Outside of pharmacy, Adam enjoys spending time with family and friends and exploring Austin.

This honor was presented April 4 during the 2025 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy (TSHP) Annual Seminar at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, TX. TSHP’s Annual Seminar is the largest educational and networking meeting of student pharmacists, career pharmacists, new practitioners, technicians, and industry professionals in Texas. With a focus on quality patient care and medication safety, registrants may select from many educational and networking activities, including dozens of hours of live programming each year and events catered to students as well as. TSHP Annual Seminar programs are designed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacy professionals in health-systems across Texas.

Testimonials from past scholarship recipients have gone on record noting how crucial TSHP's financial assistance has been to them. Read what several past scholarship winners had to say at https://tshp.org/scholartestimony

For more information on scholarships, visit https://tshp.org/scholarships. Bookmark the link & return this fall to apply for next year's scholarships.

About the TSHP R&E Foundation
The TSHP Research & Education Foundation has been supporting our pharmacy community in Texas since 1977, reminding us of our shared strength in helping one another. Scholarships of $500 to $1,500 are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students based on financial need, academic ability and career interest. The R&E Foundation also offers the CAB Bond Memorial Research Grant, which assists researchers in pursuing original research and worthwhile projects that result in improving health outcomes for Texans.

LEARN MORE: https://tshp.org/about_foundation
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About TSHP
The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy includes current pharmacists, student pharmacists, industry associates and other classifications. The organization began in 1949 when its first annual seminar for hospital pharmacists was held at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin. Twenty-five founding members came together to form what has become one of the leading health-system pharmacy societies in the country with a dynamic professional membership association which serves Texas health-system pharmacy professionals dedicated to the mission, vision, core values, philosophy, soul, spirit, and motto of TSHP.

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For more information, visit https://tshp.org.